>>Hi,
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>>A customer installed SQL Server 2008 on their server. But when I connect to their server and open SSMS there is no name of the SQL Server there. So I went to SQL configurations tools and see that SQL Browser is not running. I assume that this is why I don't see it in the SSMS (correct me if I am wrong, please). So I go to the local services on this box (customer server) and see that the SQL Server Browser Service is not running. And I cannot start it. All options on the task menu are grayed. How do I start the SQL Server browser services?
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>>TIA
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>I don't think you need to have SQL Server Browser (if I recall correctly, it's only for network discovery of SQL Server).
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>Do you have the SQL Server service running?
Why do you think I don't see the SQL name in the SSMS?
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